Ticket: Meta Verification Issues for Sole Proprietorship
@Petro Just created a ticket
Question: Getting Facebook/Instagram to work , So I’m in the process of getting web design page verified, and let me tell you as a sole proprietorship in Ontario it’s such a hassle working with meta, they want me to confirm my number with documentation with my companies name but a sole proprietorship is a business which is a company name and my own name! Ugh I digress, anyways while I fight the technical overlords my question for you guys is.. while not a posts question per say, I have another page I manage that I haven’t registered as a company with meta, and it’s just a Instagram page, am I able to use the developer portal and create the app for this page? I know I’m borderline asking a meta support question but their the most to get in touch with, besides that I did manage to get discord working so I just want to say this is a dope app! And if u need a fake developer lmk I have my OpenAI/cluude subscriptions 😁😂😅
Attempted: Creating a business page/created an app from the developer portal
Working On: Creating a social media manager for my websites
Take it from here @Postiz
Question: Getting Facebook/Instagram to work , So I’m in the process of getting web design page verified, and let me tell you as a sole proprietorship in Ontario it’s such a hassle working with meta, they want me to confirm my number with documentation with my companies name but a sole proprietorship is a business which is a company name and my own name! Ugh I digress, anyways while I fight the technical overlords my question for you guys is.. while not a posts question per say, I have another page I manage that I haven’t registered as a company with meta, and it’s just a Instagram page, am I able to use the developer portal and create the app for this page? I know I’m borderline asking a meta support question but their the most to get in touch with, besides that I did manage to get discord working so I just want to say this is a dope app! And if u need a fake developer lmk I have my OpenAI/cluude subscriptions 😁😂😅
Attempted: Creating a business page/created an app from the developer portal
Working On: Creating a social media manager for my websites
Take it from here @Postiz
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@Petro do you want to use it for public use or private?
Not sure what that means
If you want public you would have to have a verified business attached to it
Like public like I have a web design company and I wanted to schedule posts lol sorry not tryna be rude
My bad didn’t mean for it to come out like that lol
Let me rephrase the question maybe I didn't understand
You want to approve your Facebook / Instagram app
on meta developers portal right?
Yeah
So you can make it public (for every person to use), or private only for yourself
if you do it private, you don't need to approve your app
Oh what the hell
so it's not requiring anything from meta side
If you want to make it public use (like the hosted Postiz)
you would need to approve it
Wait why would I want to make it public?
Oh so I could offer it as a service to others?
You want to authenticate accounts that are not users (for example, your customers)
For example, you have a client that you want to schedule their posts
Oh so I would only have to have one postiz instance which I can manage mine with but if I have a public one I can also manage yours
I will be a bit technical:
If you don't make facebook app public, the oAuth will work only for your accounts / test accounts you add
I get it hmm ok so while I struggle with the Facebook verification process, I can use it privately
Yes
Omy you just made a lightbulb go off, that’s why their being so uppity about it
Because if public I can potentially do malicious things with a appl on their platform
Yes
Ah ok cool so I gotta give em some more grace
Basically if it's public, anybody can authenticate to your app
I see this is awesome btw bro
Telling all my friends about it
Awesome!
Please be advised that with TikTok, not sure if you are planning to use it
it's a different situtation
Once I figure it out and get it working definitely will be making a donation towards this cause
members of the community said that if you don't approve the app, you can't use it 🙂
Ah, I’m suspicious of TikTok and that’s the last folks I wanna give personal info too
Thank you, no need for a donation 🙂
A review would be better 🙂
https://www.g2.com/products/postiz/
Question for you, let’s say I get this up and running with meta eventually, I can give clients access to it l, is there a limit? Like oh it’s best to have only like 10 accounts signed in?
Also with Google you can use it privately (for YouTube), but you will need to request for a higher qouta :
for the self-hosted solution there is no limit
I was thinking of spinning up lxc containers for each client but this would save some resources
you can add as many as you want
Each instance can have unlimited amount of people
so my last question before I keep you here all night, sorry was on mobile eaerlier couldnt write; so if i want to use it privately, while waiting for the vertification, what details do I need to provide postiz?
it's alright 🙂 Morning in my area
i dont have the .env in front of me but where would I find that information on the meta side
Just create an app and put you client id and secret
should be working, if I am not mistaken
and this could be the same app as the one being approved? or should I make a new one for private use
damn sorry for asking dumb questions, I promise I'm not a complete idiot! but this stuff always starts getting damn confusing
It's the same one
It's all good 🙂
its one thing working with the the app, once you start having to navigate other UI's like meta its the worse
I limit am going to try and find a phyical address so i can challenege someone to a boxing match lol
Yeah it's not fun, and the actual approval process is very hard
now im wondering if its giving me a hard time because im a sole propership
Like 10 years ago it was super easy, know you need to be vert motivated
it's not about the type of business
I don't think it matters
- You need a valid privacy policy (you can copy from Postiz)
- You need a valid terms and services (you can copy from Postiz)
- You need to provide a video for every permission you are trying to approve
And there are a lot
hmm I think I didnt do that i just gave my url lol
so i can copy yours ?
I outsourced it to Upwork
and put it on my site?
didn't have time to mess with it
or can I point to yours directly?
Yeah you can copy Postiz, make modifications if you need as we are a SaaS business
No, it will not get approved
lol damn man you are extremely helpful
Haha, been in your position
I approved all the permissions
so wait, for client id and secret where would one find that ? just on the app page right?
App ID: 561916552910987
App Mode: Development
Live
App type: Business?
like that page correct
This is not what you need
this is the app id
you need the client id
and client secret
of the app?? or of my account ?
ok ok cool
yeah i was just about to do that
next you'll have me asking you what color the sky is
lol
Haha all good
it's blue
😄
alright you the man thank you I'm going to try and mess around, basically i was just trying to get all my company accounts working with it or accounts i directly control so ci can learn the lay of thhe land then offer it as a service eventually
do I gotta copy the policy stuff while its still a private app?
If you offer it as a service, you would need to approve the permissions in the end
No, in private you don't need to do anything
you can just use it
wait wait, also last dumb question, app mode: development, basicaly means its in private mode?
and to get it to be "live " i gotta do all the aforementioned stuff
Yes
development is private 🙂
App ID
561916552910987
App secret
App secret
●●●●●●●●
Display name
Display name
Postiz
Namespace
Namespace
App domains
Contact email
Contact email
Privacy Policy URL
Privacy Policy URL
Terms of Service URL
ok ok and the last thing lol omg app domains? would that be something that matters when its public?
alright bleh gonna actually read the reaad me
ty ty
you need a callback url it's the most important
as part of any oauth authentication
but just follow the guide in the docs
it covers everything
yeah ok cool, thank you so much
you opened my eyes and made me hate meta alittle less
Haha
also gave me some hope to jump through these hoops to make my life easier later on
Well, in Twitter you don't need to approve any apps
this is why there are so many bots there
oh say word
that makes alot of sense
OH while I have you here
I have openai/cluade, etc I pay for a bunch of the regul;ar pro accounts
I see you guys support AI stuff, have you had any luck with your own LLMS?
I'm thinking of building something soon to self host a llm
At the moment Postiz works only with OpenAI :/
so i can train it on my own data and let it lose wih posts
it's a limitation from CopilotKit
will add more soon
if i wanted to allow api usage with my openai acocunt... is that something you thin would be expsnevie?
expensive?
sorry its more of a personal opinion question
I don't know, define expensive, if you use it for personal use only, i doubt you will pass the $2-$3 per month
You are paying for openai client mode (which is around $20 per month I think)
but you need the openai other side
if the API
it's usage based
yeah hmm, maybe I should stop being so cheap
You don't have to use the AI stuff in Postiz 🙂
First deploy it, then see if you need it
probably would give me some added functionality with some stuff, setting tihs up and jus set up i think appflowy as well, you know what you convinced me to give it a try later on once things are up and running
yeah for sure, thanks alot i see the app id and secret
defintely gonna give me a try now
ty so much
No problems 🙂
Good luck, feel free to open another ticket if you get stuck
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